Should Prostitution be legalized in the United States?

While Love is not the first to observe legal prostitution can be relatively safe, Nevada's rural counties are the only place in America where the world's oldest profession is officially allowed. read more

5/14/2018 - See the total prostitution arrest numbers for each state and the nation in our newly updated resource, and discover which 10 states had the most prostitution arrests per 10,000 people (Nevada was number one with 10.83) and the total number of arrests (California was number one with 7,601). read more

In the United States, prostitution is thought to be worth at least $14 billion a year. Most of that money doesn’t go to girls like my teenage self. Worldwide, human trafficking is the second largest enterprise of organized crime, behind drug cartels but on a par with gunrunning. read more

The number of rapes that took place in Netherlands during 2010, where prostitution is legal were 9.2 per 100,000 population, while in USA where prostitution is criminalized in 49 of 50 states has an astounding number of 27.3 rapes per 100,000. read more